Greene, Catharine Ray to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 May 08
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Greene, Catharine Ray to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 May 08 | ||
| Alternative Title | Greene, Catharine Ray, 1731-1794. to Benjamin Franklin | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Greene, Catharine Ray, 1731-1794 | ||
| Recipient | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Catherine Greene writes to Benjamin Franklin. She asks that he help a thirteen-year-old boy, Sister Hubbart's youngest son, who has been taken prisoner and is now in Ireland. She updates him on his sister's health, which has been poor due to the death of [Jane Flagg] Greene who died of consumption. Greene continues by describing what is happening with her family at that moment. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Warwick (R.I.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Hubbart, Judith Ray | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Hubbart, Samuel | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Greene, Jane Flagg | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 4p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1782-05-08 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Franklin-Bache Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F85.ba | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85.ba-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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